Analysis of P element Transposon Sequences in Aedes aegypti
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In analyzing genomes, locating transposable elements is an important step in the process of finding areas which encode genes. Class II describes a subset of transposons which have specific properties. In eukaryotic genomes, Class II transposable elements are uniquely identified by their inverted repeats on opposing ends and internal coding regions. They also can move through DNA intermediates and particularly Class II transposable elements have been used as gene vectors (1), motivating the understanding of the evolution of these elements. An example of a previously studied Class II transposable element is the P element (2). This transposable element was originally identified in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and is 2907 base pairs long and has 31 base pair inverted repeats. It was the first transposon used
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تاریخ انتشار 2005